Railway-tie plate.



. J. W. DOSTER.

RAILWAY TIE PLATE. APPLIGATION FILED un. 5. 1mm

986,698. Patented Mar. 14,1911.

MZ. #wm/1% invention, such as willenablelothers in the art to which it appertalns to4 make .Toma w.I nosrna, or KINGSLAND, ARKANSAS.

RAILWAY-TIE PLATE.

Toell 'it may-:concern:

B it known that I, 'Joint W. Doe'rsn, a citizen of the'United States, residingat Kingsland, in the countygofleveland, lbitate of Arkansas,.have nventeal certaiminew'nd' useful Improvements in Railwa -T1e Plates and I do ereby declare the' fo lowing tobe a full,l clear, and exact 'description o'f the and use the same. 0 v

This invention relates to improvements in railway tic plates, 4and has for'one of its ob.

jects to improve the construction and increase' the eiliciency andl u`tility of devices of this character. a

Another object of the invention is to provide a tie plate which will etfectually prevent the creeping of the plates upon the thespreadiu of the'rails. l

Another o ject of lthe invention is to prov ties. either transversely or longitudinally, or

vide a, tie plate which will efectually shedl water, and thus preserve the ties and the plate .from decayk p With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims. 4

The severe strains to which railway ties are subjected under the impact imparted by the passing trains has a tendency to wear theties, and to prevent this wear metal plates are employed between the rails and the tie. and these plates as ordinarily constructed are liable to creep both 4transversely and longitudinally'of the tie, and also permit water'to accumulate between the plate and the tie and thus rot the ties,

'and to obviate these objections is the principal object of the present invention which consists primarily of a tie plate sol construct,-

ed and applied as to hold the plate from,

movement upon the tie in either direction, and in the drawings employed to illustrate the device, Figure 1 'is a plan view of a portion of a tie with the improvement applied. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 isa section on the ,lirie 3--3 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a perspective viewfrom beneath of `the improvedY tie plate, detached.

The improved plate is represented as a who'lc'at 10 and is form'dof'cast- .metal, preferably steel and corresponds in length to the rvidth of the tie. represented at 11,

spetcation o! Letters Patent. Application and Aprn 5, 1910. serial no. 553,503.

and is provided upon its upper face near one edge with a rib 12 against which one edge pf. the tie flange of the rail bears, the rail bel provi ed. with suitable spike a rtures rep-fv Y nig re resented at 13. The plate 10 is also 'resented'at 14, by means of w ich the rail and the plate are secured to thertie. "-Any required number of the spike holeszinay be employed, but for the purpose of. illustration three are shown. The upper face of the shown at 15 to canse the water to Yflow freely therefrom, while the up er face of the plate at its opposite edge` is ikewise inclined as Patented-Manu, l1911. Y

plate externally of-the rib l2 is inclined fas '-5' shown at 16 for vthe same purpose. By this' 4v means'the water will not accumulate u on r the upper face of the plate.y The lower ace of the plate is formed slightly concaved transversely of the tie 'as showninFigsrl and 4,.and the upper face of the tie s.corr'e spondingly curved to fit the underface'of the plate. The curvature of the tie may be produced by'the -pressure of the plate as it wears a seat for itself, or the tie may be rounded-whenthe plate is applied.

Depending from the curved .face of the l plate and centrally thereof is a V-shaped the tie, and forming a seat lfor itself in the rib 17, the rib extending longitudinally of spiked thereto. Depending from the lower' curved face of the tie are numerous V- shaped ribs 18, which extend transversely of the tie and are preferably formed largest at their outer ends, so that when these latter ribs are compressed' into the tie and form se ts for themselves, channels are formed t erefor which increase in size outwardly so that any water which may find its way between the tie and 'the plate will flow freely outwardly, and will not congregate between the tie and the plate. 'By this means the tie is selfldraining and all dan er of decay from the' accumulationI of Wzer between the tie and the plate isaobviated. Any required number of the ribs 18 ma be employed, but generally six will be-use as shown, three at each side of the central rib 17. The plater10 is shown with its corners cnt off or angular as represented at 19, and' The improved. plate is simple in chnstrucg' i lower facefor hearing upn n ing from the concaved ffice for embe 'and a rib depending from 1. A'railway tie plate 'having 'a eoncavedtie 'nnd-Lwithn-plnrality of ribs spacednpartand de end-y inatie. ,l .l #if 2. Arailway tie vplate having a eonca'eld lower 4:face for'A bearing upon a'tie land with aiplurality ofv ribs Aspaced apart and dependi, ing from the concaved face near the edges,

4 the concaved face and at right angles to the'spaced ribs, said ribs being adapted to be-eniliedded in a tie; 3. A railway tie plate havingla concaved lower face for bearing upon atie and with the eoncaved face transversely of the same, a plurality' of rilossp'ac'ed apart and depend-- ing from the conaved face and ltransversely of the tie and increasing in size towardA their ding 1| the shedding of'\ 4. A' railway tie outer* ends, so 'that L i'dded4 in the tie,

beddedin the tie, xneans are provided for the sheddingr of Walter.

plate having a coneaved' flower face for bearing upon a tie with the ."concaved -face transversa'ly of gf..=p1urality of ribs spaced;y apart j-mg from the conca ved uce and of the tie and increasing in size 'the same, a and dependvtransversely toward their when the meanS are provided for ter, and another rib depending frointhe curved face of the plate and :extending longitudinally thereof. v

A railway tie plate having' alconcaved .lower face fae, and a plurull .and a stop ribnpon its upper ty of ribs spaced apart "und dependingI from the curved face and adapted lobe 4embedded in the upper face of a tie.

ln testimony whereoi,

l outer` ends, so that when the 'ribs are enipI aflix nxtvv signutivo witnesses. ii' J OH/ XV. DOSTEB.

i LEE P. Hummer;y

ribs are em-l 

